Jobe's Curse

A Jobe Carson Mystery (Book 2)

Jobe Carson. Private Detective. Single Dad. Inveterate Grouser. And now he's back. This time he's running down a serial killer who's picking off folks jogging in the woods. But what's killing them? And can Jobe and his fractious family find a clear trail to the answer before someone else DNFs permanently? Jobe is out on a trail run when he witnesses a female jogger jerk suddenly and fall into a ravine. He calls the police, but they cart him off to jail. After getting sprung by his lawyer he sets out to clear his name and runs into a series of suspects including a backwoods hiker, a Vietnam Vet, and the furniture crafting Lesbian lover of the murdered woman’s mother—herself not above suspicion. Jobe is assisted by his two teenage boys and almost teenage daughter, some helpful hobos, a DMV worker with multiple tattoos and piercings, a snarky state worker, and a nosy cat-loving senior in a trailer park in Bucoda. He’s hindered once again by his favorite nemeses, the county coroner and an Olympia Police Officer with an axe to grind for everything except the chip on his shoulder. Trail running, hiking, fancy coffee bars, street people, paintballing, antique decorating, scrap-booking, and home cooking tips. A fun, funny and sardonic cultural snapshot of millennial America wrapped up in a classic whodunit. The exciting sequel to Jobe's Daughter. Book 2 in the Jobe Carson series.